I am connecting the ME trough the usb port and I can see different proposition in the advanced option of the DLNA renderer, but none of them seems working !
The issue is no sound at all, on the fixed output or on the headphone output…
I have tried also with the shairplay and same result.

On the config of the PI3 for the sound output I have selected ‚USB soundcards‘

Hello I’ve tried both ones you mention but no luck !
I don’t have issue to connect to airplay protocol, I can play some music but no sound is coming up from ME 🙁
I’ve already spent too much time playing with the settings, even on the Raspberry one… even started from scratch with a new image from max2play…

Hello i use a Meridian Explorer 2 do you get audio normally say from a network drive or local audio files and it’s just the Shairplay which isn’t working ps did you pick the DAC in advanced settings of Shairplay plus add the ip address of the Pi